sheathe

[ sheeth ]

/ ʃið /

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verb (used with object), sheathed, sheath·ing.

to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.

to plunge (a sword, dagger, etc.) in something as if in a sheath.

to enclose in or as if in a casing or covering.

to cover or provide with a protective layer or sheathing: to sheathe a roof with copper.

to cover (a cable, electrical connector, etc.) with a metal sheath for grounding.

RELATED WORDS

encase, wrap, cover, enclose, surround

Nearby words

sheath, sheath knife, sheath of eyeball, sheath of schwann, sheathbill, sheathe, sheathing, sheaths, sheave, sheaves, sheba

Origin of sheathe

1350–1400; Middle English shethen, derivative of sheath

Related formssheath·er, noun

Can be confusedsheath sheathe

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Examples from the Web for sheathe

"Sheathe your sword, Sir," said Dr. Upround, in a voice which amazed the officer.
Mary Anerley|R. D. Blackmore
Napoleon, as ever, was magnanimous, and was eager to sheathe the sword which he had only drawn in self-defense.
The Empire of Russia|John S. C. Abbott
Brougham and Durham are reconciled after a fashion; Ministers and Durham mutually desire to sheathe their swords.
The Greville Memoirs (Second Part)|Charles C. F. Greville
He is willing to write a whole essay in criticism for the sake of the “insinuations” which his deceitful blandness will sheathe.
French Classics|William Cleaver Wilkinson

On the sword of my grandfather was engraved the motto, 'Do not draw me without reason nor sheathe me without honour!'
Our Little Spanish Cousin|Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

British Dictionary definitions for sheathe

sheathe

/ (ʃiːð) /

verb (tr)

to insert (a knife, sword, etc) into a sheath

(esp of cats) to retract (the claws)

to surface with or encase in a sheath or sheathing

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